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Hostel Daze
Hostel Daze (हॉस्टल डेज़): TVF Hindi comedy-drama web series on Prime Video (2019–2023), four seasons, 21 episodes, following four engineering hostel wing-mates from first semester to final-year placements; IMDb 8.5; remade in Telugu as Hostel Days.
Hum - I'm Because of Us
Hum: I'm Because of Us is a 2018 Hindi drama web series, also called Hum, made for Ekta Kapoor's ALTBalaji platform, directed by Partho Mitra, starring Ridhima Pandit, Karishma Sharma, Payal Bhojwani, and Kushal Tandon as three sisters in Mumbai.
ImMature
ImMature (I'mMature) is a TVF Hindi coming-of-age comedy-drama web series about teenager Dhruv, his friends Kabir and Susu, and crush Chhavi; first Indian show nominated at Canneseries 2018, three seasons, now on Prime Video.
Jamtara – Sabka Number Ayega
Jamtara – Sabka Number Ayega is an Indian Hindi Netflix crime drama (2020, season 2 in 2022) by Soumendra Padhi, dramatizing the real voice-phishing scams run from Jamtara, Jharkhand, India's phishing hub.
JL50
JL50 (JL 50) is a 2020 Hindi sci-fi thriller miniseries on SonyLIV, created by Shailender Vyas, starring Abhay Deol, Pankaj Kapur, Ritika Anand, and Piyush Mishra, about a flight missing since 1984 that crashes in 2019.
Kallachirippu
Kallachirippu (கல்லச்சிரிப்பு, Fake Smile) is a 2018 ZEE5 Tamil thriller web series, 8 episodes, produced by Karthik Subbaraj, directed by Rohit Nandakumar, starring Amrutha Srinivasan as Mahati, whose accidental killing of her arranged-marriage husband drives the plot.
Karenjit Kaur – The Untold Story of Sunny Leone
Karenjit Kaur – The Untold Story of Sunny Leone is a ZEE5 Original biographical web series (2018–2019, 3 seasons, 20 episodes) directed by Aditya Datt, starring Sunny Leone as herself, dramatizing her journey from Sikh girl in Canada to adult film star and Bollywood actress.
Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain (कहने को हमसफ़र हैं)
Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain (कहने को हमसफ़र हैं) is an Indian Hindi romantic-drama web series created by Ekta Kapoor for ALTBalaji, starring Ronit Roy, Mona Singh, and Gurdeep Kohli in an extra-marital triangle; three seasons ran 2018–2020, distinct from the Pakistani drama Humsafar.
Ladies vs Gentlemen
Ladies vs Gentlemen (Ladies v/s Gentlemen) is an Indian interactive opinion-poll game show on Flipkart Video, hosted by Riteish and Genelia Deshmukh; season 1 launched 18 November 2020 and season 2 on 16 October 2021, with celebrity panelists guessing India's percentage answers to gender-debate questions for prizes.
Life Sahi Hai
Life Sahi Hai is a Hindi comedy web series created by Tarun Jain, produced by Luv Ranjan and Ankur Garg (Luv Films), about four men sharing a Delhi apartment; two seasons, 2016 and 2018, later on ZEE5.
Made in Heaven (TV series)
Made in Heaven is an Indian Prime Video drama created by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti about Delhi wedding planners Tara Khanna and Karan Mehra; two seasons, 16 episodes, 2019–2023, no season 3.
Mirzapur (मिर्ज़ापुर) (TV series)
Mirzapur (मिर्ज़ापुर) is a Hindi crime thriller Prime Video series (2018–2024, 3 seasons, 29 episodes) by Excel Entertainment, set in Uttar Pradesh's ganglands; Season 4 and Mirzapur: The Movie (2026) followed.
Mission Over Mars
Mission Over Mars (M-O-M), 2019 Hindi web series on ALTBalaji and ZEE5; fictionalized account of four women scientists behind ISRO's Mangalyaan; 8 episodes, directed by Vinay Waikul, starring Sakshi Tanwar and Mona Singh.
Modi: Journey of a Common Man
Modi: Journey of a Common Man is a 2019 Eros Now Hindi biographical web series directed by Umesh Shukla, adapted from Kishor Makwana's book, dramatizing Narendra Modi's life from tea seller to Prime Minister; pulled by the Election Commission during the 2019 polls.
Panchayat (पंचायत) (TV series)
Panchayat (पंचायत) is a TVF-produced Hindi comedy-drama on Amazon Prime Video, premiering April 3, 2020, about engineer Abhishek Tripathi as panchayat secretary in fictional Phulera, Uttar Pradesh; four eight-episode seasons, IMDb 9.0, season 5 due 2026.
Pawan & Pooja
Pawan & Pooja is a 2020 Hindi MX Player original romantic drama web series about three couples, all named Pawan and Pooja, in their 20s, 40s, and 60s, starring Manjrekar, Naval, Joshi, and Panag.
Permanent Roommates
Permanent Roommates is TVF's 2014 Hindi romantic-comedy web series, India's first, starring Sumeet Vyas and Nidhi Singh as Mikesh and Tanya, with three seasons (2014, 2016, 2023) ending on Prime Video.
Poison 2
Poison 2 is the 2020 second season of ZEE5's Hindi crime thriller Poison, directed by Vishal Pandya, starring Aftab Shivdasani (Aditya/Jaiveer) and Raai Laxmi; 11 episodes about revenge around a Goa racecourse, released 16 October 2020.
Puncch Beat
Puncch Beat is an Indian Hindi-language teen drama web series created by Vikas Gupta for ALTBalaji, set at Rosewood High in Dehradun; two 13-episode seasons premiered 14 February 2019 and 27 June 2021, starring Priyank Sharma and Siddharth Sharma.
Ragini MMS: Returns
Ragini MMS: Returns is a Hindi erotic horror web series by ALTBalaji and ZEE5, two seasons (2017, 2019), starring Karishma Sharma, Riya Sen, Divya Agarwal, and Varun Sood, continuing the Ragini MMS film franchise.
Raktanchal
Raktanchal (रक्तांचल) is a Hindi crime drama web series on MX Player/Amazon MX Player, set in 1980s Purvanchal, Uttar Pradesh, about tender-mafia boss Waseem Khan (Nikitin Dheer) versus vengeful Vijay Singh (Kranti Prakash Jha); three seasons, 2020 to 2026, directed by Ritam Srivastav.
Rangbaaz
Rangbaaz (रंगबाज़) is a ZEE5 Indian Hindi crime thriller anthology web series; three seasons (2018, 2019, 2022) cover gangster-politics stories in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Bihar, with a fourth season led by Mohit Raina slated for early 2027.
Sacred Games (TV series)
Sacred Games, Netflix's first Indian original series (2018-2019), a Hindi crime thriller adapted from Vikram Chandra's 2006 novel, starring Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, two seasons, Emmy-nominated, ended without a third season.
Selection Day
Selection Day is a 2018 Netflix Hindi-language drama series, 12 episodes, adapted from Aravind Adiga's 2016 novel about brothers Radha and Manju Kumar, groomed by their father for Mumbai cricket; directed by Udayan Prasad and Karan Boolani.
She (TV series)
She is a Hindi-language Netflix crime drama (2020) created by Imtiaz Ali, starring Aaditi Pohankar as Mumbai constable Bhumika Pardesi, undercover as a sex worker to bust a drug cartel; two seven-episode seasons, directed by Arif Ali and Avinash Das.
State of Siege: 26/11
State of Siege: 26/11 is a 2020 ZEE5 Indian web series, 8 episodes, directed by Matthew Leutwyler, based on Sandeep Unnithan's book Black Tornado, dramatizing the NSG response to the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
The Aam Aadmi Family
The Aam Aadmi Family is an Indian Hindi comedy-drama web series by TVF's The Timeliners about the middle-class Sharma family; four seasons and 25 episodes ran 2016 to 2023, moving from YouTube to ZEE5.
The Software Devloveper
The Software Devloveper (The Software DevLOVEper) is a 2020 Telugu comedy-romance web series on YouTube, produced by and starring Shanmukh Jaswanth, directed by Subbu K, 10 episodes, Infinitum Media, free to watch.
The Verdict - State vs Nanavati
The Verdict - State vs Nanavati is a 2019 ALTBalaji-ZEE5 ten-episode courtroom drama by Ekta Kapoor, directed by Shashant Shah, dramatizing the 1959 K.M. Nanavati murder trial that ended jury trials in India.
The Viral Fever
The Viral Fever (TVF) is an Indian digital entertainment studio founded by Arunabh Kumar, known for Permanent Roommates, Pitchers, Kota Factory, Aspirants, and Panchayat, and for pioneering branded web series in India.